Born to Czech immigrants, Verunka Vlkova completed her undergraduate degree at Arizona State University. After graduating from ASU Ms. Vlkova became a member of the Janiec Opera Company at the Brevard Music Center, participating in productions of Orpheus in the Underworld and My Fair Lady. In 2006, Verunka Vlkova participated in the Scoula Italia summer program in Urbania, Italy, where she got a chance to perform scenes from I Pagliacci (Nedda) and Cosi Fan Tutte (Fiordiligi).
Verunka Vlkova earned her Master’s degree from New England Conservatory. While attending the conservatory she sang in the school’s mainstage productions of Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta), L’Egisto (Venus) and in the scenes programs for La Boheme (Mimi), I Pagliacci (Nedda). While completing her Master’s degree in Boston, Verunka made her mainstage La Boheme debut of Mimi with Boston Opera Collaborative/Riverside Theatreworks and was a 2007 Metropolitan Opera Council finalist for the New England Region, where she got a chance to perform for a full audience in the beautiful Jordan Hall. In 2008 Ms. Vlkova made her I Pagliacci (Nedda) debut with Lakes Region Opera.
She will be making her NYC debut in May 2010 with the One World Symphony Orchestra singing The Vixen in Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen.
